Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 245
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Direct Golf UK, the British specialist golf retailer, has continued...
Direct Golf UK, the British specialist golf retailer, has continued its expansion with the acquisition of Scottish Golf Center, the leading Scottish retailer with stores in Dundee and Edinburgh. The deal is to be completed in January and will enlarge Direct Golf to 19 stores. Mike Grubb, the owner of ...
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Charles van Schaik has been placed in charge of Runnersworld,...
Charles van Schaik has been placed in charge of Runnersworld, the chain of specialist running stores belonging to Euretco, the Dutch buying group that also supervises Sport 2000 in the Netherlands. Van Schaik has been in the Dutch sports industry for many years, with executive functions at Reebok, Asics and ...
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Foot Locker launched a program on Oct. 23 to collect...
Foot Locker launched a program on Oct. 23 to collect used shoes at its stores all over Europe. Under the program, which was scheduled to run until Nov. 5, clients who return used shoes have been getting a €10 voucher for a discount on their next purchase of new sneakers ...
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JJB is launching a dedicated in-store area at its Trafford...
JJB is launching a dedicated in-store area at its Trafford Center store in Manchester in conjunction with Nike. The area will offer free Nike Training Club fitness classes for female shoppers, as well as provide a dedicated area for Nike sportswear. The move is part of the company's efforts to ...
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Adidas has installed what it is calling a “virtual footwear...
Adidas has installed what it is calling a “virtual footwear wall” in its flagship store in London. The wall lets customers choose footwear from a virtual shelf of products through a touch-screen, and they can pre-order the shoes they pick. The shopper can turn the 3D images to see the ...
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Stag, the British buying group, held its second buying show...
Stag, the British buying group, held its second buying show in Ireland on Oct. 23-24 in Tullamore. Slightly more than 90 percent of the group's members based in Ireland showed up for the event, with the total number double that of last year's attendance. More than 30 brands were on ...
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Moncler opens stores in Copenhagen and Naples
Moncler opens stores in Copenhagen and Naples
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JD Sports Fashion, the British sporting goods chain controlled by...
JD Sports Fashion, the British sporting goods chain controlled by Pentland Group, is selling Reebok's RunTone Prime toning shoe at half the regular price on its website, and is offering big discounts on three other models from Reebok's EasyTone collection
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Peak Performance, the Swedish snow sports, outdoor and golf brand,...
Peak Performance, the Swedish snow sports, outdoor and golf brand, is opening a new company-owned store in Andorra later this week, in the Illa Carlemany shopping center in Escaldes
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Finland’s Sultrade bought by larger distribution firm
Oy Sultrade, a leading sports distribution company in Finland, has been acquired by Oy Transmeri, a larger Finnish company specializing in the distribution of fast-moving consumer goods, from cosmetics to food and fashion. Like Sultrade, Transmeri is located in the Finnish town of Espoo.Formerly owned by the Forsström family, Sultrade ...
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Marker Dalbello Völkl Ski, the German distribution company for the...
Marker Dalbello Völkl Ski, the German distribution company for the three snow sports brands, has appointed Karin Schächinger marketing manager, replacing Eveline Christl, who left the company last month. Schächinger, 28, has worked for Völkl as junior marketing manager since August. The new product manager for Völkl Snowboards as well ...
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Evasion Running, a very dynamic Spanish chain of running stores,...
Evasion Running, a very dynamic Spanish chain of running stores, will be the exclusive distributor in Spain of the Lance Armstrong collection designed by Nike. The first specialist running store to present the new collection has been in fact the big recently opened new Evasion Running concept store in Barcelona. ...
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Super Retail Group of Australia has added to its stable...
Super Retail Group of Australia has added to its stable of companies with the purchase of Rebel, the country's largest sporting goods retailer, from Archer Capital. The price of 610 million Australian dollars (€453.5m- $623.4m) covers 90 Rebel Sport stores, 36 Amart stores and two Performance Sport stores and expands ...
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Amazon has opened a sports and free-time section on...
Amazon has opened a sports and free-time section on its Italian e-commerce platform, offering over 12,000 products by more than 400 brands
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Gartner Sports is opening a fourth Italian New Balance store...
Gartner Sports is opening a fourth Italian New Balance store in Bolzano
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Tecnica Group federates Spanish distribution
Tecnica Group will be uniting most of its distribution operations in the Spanish market under one roof from January 2012, as it has already done in other markets. Some of its major brands - Nordica, Rollerblade, Tecnica, Blizzard and Dolomite – will be sold by BM Sportech, which was only ...
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Viper has taken on the distribution of Roces' products in...
Viper has taken on the distribution of Roces' products in Spain, Portugal and Andorra, starting with items that are immediately available for the Christmas season
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Etnies has opened a flagship store in Amsterdam, created in...
Etnies has opened a flagship store in Amsterdam, created in cooperation with its key retailer, Eberhardt. The store is in the sought-after Damrak area, and carries the largest collection of Etnies footwear and apparel in Europe. It's the Etnies second store to open in Europe after a shop in London ...
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Playlife, the sports lifestyle brand of Benetton Group, has opened...
Playlife, the sports lifestyle brand of Benetton Group, has opened a multi-brand store in Treviso that also hosts another action sports brand of the group, Killer Loop, and others including the Dahon brand of foldable bicycles. Set up like a loft, the store specializes in the sale of sustainable and ...
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Décathlon ranks #8 among the best corporate home pages on...
Décathlon ranks #8 among the best corporate home pages on Facebook in Spain, based on various criteria
